No wonder CA is a mess.

Dan Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell is the President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates limited government and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
In addition to fiscal policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security reform – particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts.
Defending Capitalism, Part I
Three myths about free enterprise.
Pandemic Emergency Spending Riddled with Fraud
Turbo-charged benefits triggered staggering levels of fraud.
The Continuing Story of Tax Migration
People are choosing states with lower fiscal burdens.
Long-Run Policy Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic
Bureaucrats made common mistakes.
The Higher Education Racket, Part I
A backwards form of redistribution.
The Economics of Redistributionism
The danger of transferism.
New Leak of Taxpayer Info Is (More) Evidence of IRS Corruption
The Biden Administration wants to reward IRS corruption with giant budget increases.
By Historical Standards, Today’s Americans Are Fantastically Wealthy
We can continue to become richer.
The Economics of “Labor Shortages”
Permanent handouts will make the problem worse.










